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Wainfleet to license medical marijuana facilities

Wainfleet residents want township council to put licensing and bylaws in place to deal with a proposed medical marijuana grow-op facility, seen in this file photo, at the end of Wilford Road. Dave Johnson/Welland Tribune

Wainfleet will use current zoning bylaw and site plan control guidelines, a new municipal licensing bylaw and ask for stricter federal oversight and enforcement of licences to deal with medical marijuana facilities in the township.

Tuesday night, township council heard a report from planner Sarah Ivins that presented the three options.

Her report came about after residents on Willford Road, east of Regional Road 24, appeared twice in front of council over a proposed medical marijuana facility — that is not licensed — at the end of their road.

Ivins’ report said Wainfleet currently has two regulations to govern medical marijuana facilities — a zoning bylaw and site plan control guidelines.

Ald. Ted Hessels asked Ivins if council could use all three options in her report.

She said it could and council voted in favour of using all three.

Ivins said she’d report back on what other municipalities have done in terms of municipal licensing bylaws and provide comments on what Wainfleet could do.